Maskette of the "ogboni" society · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3048016
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Mareidi & Gert Stoll, Munich, GermanyMareidi Singer (†2017), Munich, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2019, Lot 280
Size
H: 13 cm
H: 5.1 inch
Description
bronze, base
Masks like this may have been sewn onto dignitaries clothing.
Thompson published a photograph of a Shango “bata” drum to which six bronze (or brass) maskettes are attached (Thompson,1971, chap. 1, fig.18).
Comparing literature
Fagg, William, Yoruba, Sculpture of West Africa, New York 1982, p. 103, pl. 25 Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, Ch 1, Ill. 18
Publications
AHDRC: 0161489